Show pint first sailboats sailboat the paintings and sculptures in the early records of egypt show regularly formed boats constructed of sawed planks of timber propelled by numerous rowers and also by sails these vessels were long galleys with one most and a large square sell sail which was of linen and sometimes of papyrus the oldest authentic rec ord HP tr to these sailing galling vessels Is the HIP of one of them used as B R decoration dero rallon of on an Egypt egyptien inn amphora in the british museum judged to hove have been made about WK AM R B a 0 ll it Is noted however anwer hi wever that thai these bouts birums could sall full only with the wind the science of sailing agn trist the wind woe unknown rot for thousands of years they sailed only when hie file wind wait wn favorable the oarsman oarsmen worked when the winds were unfavorable |